Apartments 53, 58, 60, 65, 94 and 117 Alexandra House, 47 Rutland Street, Leicester LE1 1SQ

BIR/00FN/LLC/2019/0005 · LLC · Leicester · decided 24 Apr 2020

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The tribunal set service charges payable for 2013 to 2017 for six apartments, reduced insurance premiums for 2013 and management fees, found the Landlord's litigation costs above £18,750 not recoverable through the service charge, and refused the Rule 13 costs application.

Outcome	Reduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)	Order made
Section 20 consultation	Not in issue
Who applied	Landlord or management company
Freeholder / landlord	E&J Ground Rents No.3 LLP
Management company	AH Management Company Limited
Managing agent	Peach Property Management Limited
Building	A block, 179 flats · 3 decisions about this building
Service charge years in dispute	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Items in dispute	administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities
Items disallowed or reduced	insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other
Total demanded	not stated as one figure
Total found payable	not stated as one figure
Fees or costs ordered	the respondents' Rule 13 application refused

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What the decision says

flats n: [name] House is a residential development comprising 179 residential apartments
freeholder: In 2011 Saxon sold the freehold of the Property to E&J Ground Rents No.3 LLP (“the Landlord”).
management company: All other management and service charge functions are discharged under the Lease by AH Management Company Limited (“the Management Company”).
agent: the Management Company employed Peach Property Management Limited (“Peach”) as its managing agents
years: The application sought a determination in relation to service charge years 2013 to 2018.
outcome: The amount of service charges payable by the Respondents to the First Applicant Management Company in respect of each of the [name] owned by them for service charge year ended 31st December 2013 is:
items reduced: We find that the sum of £100 plus VAT per apartment (total £21480) is reasonable.
s20c: We therefore find that it is just and equitable to make a section 20C Order limiting costs recoverable through the service charge to £18750 (being 75% of £25000).
costs: The application under Rule 13 is refused.

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